For Seniors or Elderly

Show your tailbone a little TLC with this comfy donut cushion from Tokyo Otaku Mode designed to look like Rilakkuma, Japan's favorite cute character bear, who must have done something terribly bad in his previous life.

Tasks that require the application of tools to groom or beautify are
difficult to manuever for those with poor vision. Among boomers and
seniors, 80 percent are affected by significant vision loss due to presbyopia or macular degeneration.
Prescription lenses or reading glasses help with reading, if you read
at a precise distance, but what about other activities like grooming or
applying makeup? Here are six tools I think you'll find very helpful....

Simply sitting on a regular toilet to do your business doesn’t put you in the ideal position for thorough elimination. The Squatty Potty puts you in the perfect 35 degree angle to properly
evacuate your bowels.

When The Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man series were aired on television, the bionics parts were still in the imagination of writers and producers and viewers. Now a bionic arm is close to becoming a reality (except for the fact
that it's not really bionic, because it doesn't have any sensory, motor
or electronic capabilities). The technology is in fact a basic pulley
system, implanted in a human hand, to allow for a more natural grasping
function while using less muscle energy.

Toyota has announced an integrated system for disabled passengers that better integrates wheelchairs with a range of its popular minivans. The “Well Chair”, introduced at the 2014 International Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition, is expected to be rolled out by the end of this year.

Mango Health just updated their app for medication adherence for iOS8, and it's worth taking a look. Set reminders to ensure you take your medication, see the side effects of your
medication, and potentially dangerous interactions between the medications you are taking, including your supplements. Win points for rewards and get notifications when you are running low.

A young scientist has invented a wearable sensor, SafeWander,
that alerts caregivers on their smartphones when their patients wander
out of bed. He invented it based on personal experiences with his own
grandfather who suffers from Alzheimer's and has started to wander.

Scientists at the University of South Florida's Byrd Alzheimer's
Institute have investigated the potential role of
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a major component of marijuana, on
Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. What is most commonly known as a
recreational substance has demonstrated its potential in ameliorating AD
and other neurological diseases, perhaps because our bodies produce the
substance naturally (endocannabinoids) and have receptors that
naturally respond to it.

Having solved all other problems, Japan has re-invented the ear trumpet. The so-called “Hello Phone” from Konna Shop is actually a rebooted Speaking Tube, enabling those hard of hearing to carry on conversations in an otherwise normal manner.

There are probably a thousand products on the market that will take your heart rate. There are fewer that will give you a blood pressure reading, and even fewer of those are available for in-home use. However, the Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor is one that you can get for yourself and one that is designed for the tech geek.

The Kukuru S silver generation tricycle is ideal for on-the-go seniors who aren't quite ready for an electric mobility scooter. The unique 4-wheeled trike boasts a host of built-in safety and security features that don't sacrifice everyday convenience and practicality.

Applying eye drops is horrifying enough for some folks but this cute ghost-shaped eye drops tongue from Japan has to be an opti-phobic's worst nightmare. Designed to hook under the user's lower eyelid (*shudder*) and prevent the eye from reflexively blinking, the bizarre "akanbeh" eye drops helper actually won a special award at a Japanese all-invention contest.

If you really want to see your close-up work clearly, you probably have at least three pair of eyeglasses with three
different sets of prescription lenses. For example, you would need one
pair for reading a book or using your smart phone, another for working
on your laptop or tablet, and still another to see your desktop screen
clearly. And what about distance lenses?

Fear of becoming disoriented and/or lost when outside their homes can turn many senior citizens into shut-ins. Now a new QR code badge currently being tested in several Chinese cities can help restore the freedom and independence vital for maintaining good quality of life for the elderly

Biomimicry has again inspired a creative team of scientists. This time it's the Ormia ochracea,
a tiny fly with exquisitely acute directional hearing ability, that has
become the model for the next generation of hearing aids being modeled
by engineers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of
Texas at Austin.

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